Review of After Earth (2013) by Alvin R — 04 Feb 2014

Two stars just because I love sci-fi. A complete waste of time.

This review of After Earth (2013) was written by Alvin R on 04 Feb 2014.

After Earth has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Shawn T (670) on 17 Aug 2018

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Boring, bad acting, and a crap story. At least it's better than Fant4stic. 1/10…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 31 Oct 2017

Will (Smith), normally box-office gold, has a seriously off-day, and the leaden, humourless script is awful. I was bored after barely five minutes…

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